Healthcare News

Visbion joins IHE as UK Corporate Member

Visbion has announced that the company has joined IHE and is fully committed to implementing the IHE standards within its product set.

IHE is an initiative by healthcare professionals and industry to improve the way computer systems in healthcare share information. IHE promotes the coordinated use of established standards such as DICOM and HL7 to address specific clinical need in support of optimal patient care. Systems developed in accordance with IHE communicate with one another better, are easier to implement, and enable care providers to use information more effectively

Becoming an IHE Corporate member further highlights Visbion's commitment to the Healthcare market and it's ability to follow industry standards.

As a leading provider of Healthcare PACS and connectivity solutions, Visbion has proven technology in over 100 UK sites and 200 globally.

Visitors to UKRC 2010 will have seen Visbion as part of the IHE demonstration. Using the Innovative Visbion Image Viewer product, connectivity was seamless with multiple RIS and PACS vendors and helped to prove that Visbion is a true PACS Integrator.
 

Visbion strengthens team with two new key appointments

Visbion continues to expand its specialist sales and support teams with the appointment of a dedicated Global Channel Manager and a Solutions Consultant.

Haydn Knight joins as Global Channel Manager and will be working with the company’s distributors and resellers across its Veterinary, Healthcare and Life Sciences sectors. Haydn was previously with Carestream Health as Regional Channel Director for their Dental Imaging business in Northern Europe, Middle East, Russia and Africa. He brings to Visbion over 8 years of medical imaging experience and will work closely with all the company’s resellers and distributors throughout the world.

Sergio Cali Corleo takes up the role of Solutions Consultant with responsibility for installation, implementation and customer support. Sergio brings with him 22 years of valuable experience. Having worked as Senior Radiographer and Deputy Radiology Manager in large acute hospitals and then occupying roles including PACS Manager, PACS Implementation Engineer, CR Engineer and Digital Specialist, Sergio has an in-depth knowledge of PACS.

Mark O’Herlihy has been appointed Commercial Director and now has overall responsibility for the company’s sales in all market sectors. He commented “These are exciting new roles for Visbion and will allow us to reinforce our global presence in medical imaging solutions market. We now have well over 200 installations worldwide and having a highly experienced team of people in place is key to our continued expansion”

Visbion launches 30MP Mammography workstation

Visbion is the first manufacturer to release a new 30 megapixel workstation with dual EIZO mammography screens.  Visbion’s innovative Image Viewer solution has been adapted in conjunction with the EIZO R&D team to drive the screens in Sub-Pixel Drive mode, thereby enabling a resolution of 15MP per screen.

Visbion is also excited to offer the full 30MP mammography workstation at no price premium, compared to existing dual 5MP workstations.

As an independent supplier of PACS solutions, Visbion can supply each department within a hospital with a tailored system to suit the particular needs of that speciality. Its mammography PACS is fully integrated with screening and RIS systems such as NBSS and CRIS. The solution is designed for high-throughput screening work as well as multi-modality symptomatic cases.

Stefan Claesen, Visbion’s CEO said –“We are delighted to be the first company to offer this much needed mammography solution. Our focus is to provide the most innovative solutions for medical imaging whilst always maintaining a competitive price point, and we have certainly achieved that with this product”

Rob Musson, Business Director for the EIZO Division of Avnet Technology Solutions in the UK said – “We have worked closely with the team at Visbion for some time, as they are always keen to push technology to its limits.  Our aim is to provide our partners with the innovative products that enable them to achieve best of breed status in their market.”

Marathon success for Visbion’s Mark O’Herlihy

Mark O’Herlihy, Visbion’s Commercial Director successfully completed his first London marathon, raising £1700 for one of the company’s charitable trust customers, The Children’s Trust.

After a gruelling 6 month training schedule, Mark completed the 26.2 miles in just over 5 hours.

Anova Technology appointed as sales partner for Medical Illustration market

Visbion has announced the appointment of Anova Technology Ltd as a sales partner for Visbion IPACS for Medical Illustration.

Anova’s expertise in the Medical Illustration arena will allow them to focus on the supply and installation of Visbion’s innovative image management solution. IPACS for Medical Illustration provides a central archive for all types of data and images, with access via a standard web browser and secure login from any computer within a department or hospital.

Mark O’Herlihy, Visbion’s Commercial Director said “IPACS for Medical Illustration is specifically tailored to meet the varied and challenging needs of the Medical Illustration department. We are delighted that Anova will be able to concentrate on this very specialist area and we are looking forward to a highly successful partnership”

Richard Jermyn, Anova’s Sales Manager added “Having worked with Medical Illustration departments for over 30 years, we have often been asked to recommend PACS solutions. It is therefore very satisfying to be able to offer an image management system that has all the features our clients repeatedly ask for, particularly when it's based upon the Health Service Standards of DICOM 3.0, HL7 and IHE”